No - its up. I have had the same problem. For some reason - when I clicked on the site thru my favorites it takes you to the old page. But if you click on espn.com - go to the main sports page then click on soccer - it takes you to the new stuff. A little while ago they changed the format and asked you which version you wanted to see (US, England, etc..) and supposedly customized info on the page. I think the problem is somehow related to that. A different issue is why I get the Dutch league standings in my US version. And 2 weeks ago it was the EPL standings.
Has anyone figured out what's different if you click on the different preference? I decided to click on "US" just to let them know that Americans like soccer, but I'm wondering if I miss something or if I'd be getting different stuff if I clicked on "UK." Anyone know?
I have sent them multiple e-mails concerning the lackof US coverageon the US page. Like most Web sites, it is probably programmed. I don't mind some Euro content on there, but thelead story should ALWAYS be a US story. This isn't a respect issue, IMHO, it's a laziness issue.
It looks like they rotate different standings over the course of a week, but I noticed that when midweek Premiership matches were on, I saw Premiership standings while on Sundays, I usually get Serie A standings. My guess is that when MLS starts back again, we'll see MLS standings - most of the time at least.
I don't think it's actually a preference setting. They're just polling people to find out where they're from.
It is a preference setting. When I go to soccernet, the url I get is http://soccernet.espn.go.com/index?ver=us&cc=5901 the same url I get when I click on the "US" tab on the left.
I've sent a couple of e-mails too asking for some more US coverage. While I haven't heard anything directly back yet, I have noticed more and more news over the past month. Having Connolly write more, along with McBride, Stewart, Moore and Hejduk moving around has also helped matters. I think the biggest thing ESPN needs to realize is that soccer fans enjoy getting news from other leagues in addition to the US, but that the US should be the primary focus.
soccer off main left hand menu maybe someone noticed this already, but in a further diss to soccer, espn.com has moved soccer from a main left hand menu item into the "other sports" section.
the espn.com engineers and programmers helped soccernet.com get off the ground. Soccernet.com is based in England. So, the content on soccernet.com will always have an English/Euro slant. It basically operates independently of espn.com except for the minimal US coverage espn.com was able to negotiate onto soccernet.com's site. If it's US soccer news and info you're looking for, soccernet.com is not the place for you.
Wasn't Soccernet started in England by very young kid in the early 90's? It was then sold to ESPN a few years back.
I wouldn't doubt that. That would explain why it's affiliated with ESPN.com and why they needed the expertise to help it out.
Re: soccer off main left hand menu It shows up on the upper left side of the main page http://espn.go.com/main.html. However, when you travel within the ESPN site--say, for instance, you are in the Men's College Basketball area--Soccer is not shown on the left in the Sports categories http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/index.
Interesting...I clicked on the "US" preference, but still have to click on the "US" link in order to get the relevant news from Soccerent.
I've heard a rumor that big changes in terms of content will be coming to ESPN.com/soccernet.com in the near future. I guess we just have to hold tight everyone.
Immediately after ESPN took over soccernet, I thought it was becoming more and more lifeless and irrelevent. If not for the demise of sports.com, I would never even look at it. There are plenty of other on-line places to get news from.
their store site i think is the best on the internet. it's well organized, has a ton of stuff, and plenty of jerseys. would like to see more us stuff but that's nike for ya
You can't expect to get that much US content. Basically every day they have about 25 new Premier League stories. You just can't do that with MLS. There isn't enough interest to get the writer's and there just isn't enough happening. Once the MLS season starts it will probably be about 50/50.
I havent' been able to a tell the difference since the site asked where one is located. I just dread the day when the Web site content isn't based off the coverage in The Daily Mail.
id like to see more regular Connelly stuff, or other columists but yeah there isnt alot of off season MLS stuff that they don't cover. the news just isnt there. however, every time i click on one of the US stories and its a 300 word AP article that really pisses me off, at least have some intern turn the thing into a real story.